Combat Engineer
Supports mobility, construction, obstacle reduction, and field engineering missions.
- ASVAB
- CO 82
- Physical demands
- Heavy
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Army engineering MOS careers.
Army engineering careers support construction, surveying, utilities, mobility, and infrastructure in both field and technical settings.
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Bridge Crewmember
As a Bridge Crewmember, you'll help construct bridges and rafts to help Soldiers cross rough terrain, bodies of water, and barriers they might encounter in the field. You'll help create floating bridges and rafts from a boat as well as help combat engineers create safe crossings on land by building structures or demolishing obstacles.
- ASVAB
- CO 82
- Physical demands
- Significant
Diver
As a Diver, you’ll have the unique skills to conduct reconnaissance, demolition, and salvage underwater. You’ll also assist with underwater construction and specialize in either scuba diving or deep-sea diving. You’ll support special warfare and explosive ordnance disposal troops while using diving gear.
- ASVAB
- ST 106, or GM 98 and GT 107
- Physical demands
- Heavy
Quarrying Specialist
As a Quarrying Specialist, you'll be responsible for moving earth and materials with heavy types of machinery to help construct airfields, roads, dams, and buildings. You will also operate heavy construction equipment such as rock crushers, explosives, and jackhammers to remove rock and debris from construction sites.
- ASVAB
- GM 93
- Physical demands
- Significant
Plumber
As an Army Plumber, you’ll be crucial in keeping the Army operating smoothly by installing, repairing, and making construction plans for new pipe systems and insulation. You’ll install and repair pipe systems, plumbing fixtures, vents, and insulation, and you’ll read, interpret, and make construction plans for new pipe systems.
- ASVAB
- GM 88
- Physical demands
- Significant
Firefighter
As an Army Firefighter, you’ll have the vital task of protecting peoples’ lives and property from fire, much like their civilian counterparts. You’ll control and prevent fires, not only in Army structures, but also aboard aircraft and ships. You’ll supervise and conduct firefighting, rescue, salvage, and fire protection operations, and you’ll perform emergency response duties during hazardous materials incidents.
- ASVAB
- GM 88
- Physical demands
- Significant
Horizontal Construction Engineer
As a Horizontal Construction Engineer, you’ll operate heavy construction equipment like bulldozers, tractors, backhoes, cranes, excavators, and road graders to help pave the way for fellow Soldiers and to make room for construction projects. Without safe roads to travel, it’s hard for Soldiers to move around, especially in unfamiliar territory. You’ll also assist Army engineers to analyze construction site needs and transport heavy construction equipment from one site to another.
- ASVAB
- GM 85
- Physical demands
- Significant
Prime Power Production Specialist
As a Prime Power Production Specialist, you'll be part of the Army Corps of Engineers working to maintain the Army's electrical power plants. You'll install and inspect electrical power generators and analyze power plant equipment and systems, isolating and troubleshooting complex malfunctions if needed. Additionally, you may serve as a technical advisor to FEMA and other federal organizations.
- ASVAB
- ST 107 and EL 107 and GT 110
- Physical demands
- Significant
Power Distribution Specialist
As a Power Distribution Specialist, you'll have the important responsibility of powering electricity to the Army. You’ll build, install, and maintain electrical distribution systems like utility poles, power lines, and electrical hardware that supply power for all operations.
- ASVAB
- EL 93
- Physical demands
- Significant
Interior Electrician
As an Interior Electrician, you'll install, maintain, and safely distribute electricity, the driving force behind today’s Army. You’ll work on interior electrical systems, including transformers, circuit breakers, electrical boxes, and lightning rods. You'll test equipment and fix any short circuits in wires and faulty equipment, and you'll learn to read blueprints and wire plans to determine layouts and repair.
- ASVAB
- EL 93
- Physical demands
- Significant
Technical Engineer
As a Technical Engineer, you’ll supervise and execute construction site development with technical investigation, surveys, drafts, and construction plans/specifications. You’ll also use digital equipment and software to draw topographic maps and charts to prepare detailed plans for construction projects.
- ASVAB
- ST 101
- Physical demands
- Significant
Carpentry and Masonry Specialist
As a Carpentry and Masonry Specialist, you'll have the skills needed to handle a variety of carpentry and masonry duties, building important structures for the Army using hand and power tools, lumber, concrete, stones, and bricks. You’ll also help combat engineers build structures to respond to rough terrain and environmental hazards.
- ASVAB
- GM 88
- Physical demands
- Significant
Geospatial Engineer
As a Geospatial Engineer, you’ll provide invaluable visualization of the land and battlefield in advance of sending troops into unfamiliar terrain. From conditions and effects of terrain and weather on vehicles and troop movements, to points of tactical interest during missions, you’ll examine all aspects of the battlefield before boots ever hit the ground. You’ll extract and analyze geographic data from satellite imagery, photography, and field reconnaissance, then use this data to create different types of maps and databases. You will also use the information you gather to support military and civilian operations for Disaster Relief and Homeland Security.
- ASVAB
- ST 100 and GT 100
- Physical demands
- Significant
Special Forces Engineer Sergeant
As a Special Forces Engineer Sergeant, you’ll become a member of the Green Berets, one of the most highly skilled Soldiers in the world. You will serve on construction projects, building critical infrastructure and creating bridges, buildings, and field barricades. As a demolitions specialist, you’ll carry out demolition raids against strategic enemy targets like railroads, fuel depots, and bridges, destroying critical components of infrastructure to give our Soldiers a tactical advantage.
- ASVAB
- GT 110 and CO 100
- Physical demands
- Significant
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist
Identifies and helps render safe explosive hazards using specialized tools and robotics.
- ASVAB
- GM 105
- Physical demands
- Heavy
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